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Chapel Cairn

Farmstead (period Unassigned)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Chapel Cairn as Farmstead (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Chapel Cairn is a Neolithic cairn, typically dating to the 4th to 3rd millennia BCE, and represents an early form of megalithic tomb construction in Scotland. Its significance lies in providing insight into prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns in the region.

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